shadps4-emu/shadps4 vs tdlib/td
Both showing Mixed signals — pick on fit, not health
As of June 2026, shadps4 and td both show mixed maintenance signals. shadps4 last saw a commit 1 month ago with 19+ active contributors, while td last saw a commit 1 month ago with 3+ active contributors. shadps4 is GPL-2.0-licensed while td is BSL-1.0-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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shadps4-emu/shadps4 →
Mixed signals — read the receipts
copyleft license (GPL-2.0) — review compatibility; no tests detected
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠GPL-2.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓19 active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 18% of recent commits)
- ✓GPL-2.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
tdlib/td →
Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting
non-standard license (BSL-1.0); top contributor handles 98% of recent commits…
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Small team — 3 contributors active in recent commits
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 98% of recent commits
- ⚠Non-standard license (BSL-1.0) — review terms
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 2d ago
- ✓3 active contributors
- ✓BSL-1.0 licensed
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| shadps4 | td | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 31,040 | 8,750 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 1mo ago |
| License | GPL-2.0 | BSL-1.0 |
| Open issues | 139 | 67 |
| Has tests | — | — |
| Has CI | ✓ | — |
| Test coverage | 0% | 0% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Mixed signals |
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